The event will take place from Friday 25 to Sunday 27 April in the halls of the beautiful Palazzo Chigi Zondadari. You will spend three days between tasting of products, wine tours and the "Dinner at the Palace" in one of the most evocative places of the Siena land. It is a "trade show" of the Val d’Orcia wines, organized by the Municipality of San Quirico and the Wine Consortium, which will run along the ancient Via Francigena between San Quirico d’Orcia, the living room of the medieval Tuscany and Bagno Vignoni, the only intact medieval spa. You can observe actors in ancient clothes that speak of wine and the flags of the Districts of the Feast of Barbarossa. In the windows of the old town bottles of Orcia Doc will be exhibited while at the Chigi Palace (seventeenth century) you will have the opportunity to taste wines and cheese, sausages and other products of excellence of the territory. And yet, inside the frescoed rooms of the building, Orcia wine tasting explained and served by the producers in person.
The ONAV, National Organization of Wine Tasters, will offer three types of tasting: "Wine Pills" for those who want to learn the basics of tasting, to understand the secrets of aging in cask and "tastings in the dark" Absolute novelties for the event are blindfolded tastings using different glasses, with wines at different temperatures and in combination with music and typical food. The multisensory enhanced by the dark to understand how, without sight, other senses amplify their effects by stimulating feelings and strong emotions. A way to learn about wine and their own bodies, but also to feel closer to those who can not see. A tasting of solidarity, then, that will be led by National President pro ONAV Vito Intini and organized in collaboration with the Italian Blind Union of Siena.
Orcia Wine Festival 2014 will also offer the opportunity to a half–day tour, by bus, in the cellars for tours and tastings. Near the vineyards, visitors will find the viewpoints of the "Orcia the most beautiful wine in the world" project. A project co–financed by the Region of Tuscany – Toscana Promozione, which offers a new way to observe the landscape of wine.
At Bagno Vignoni, moreover, on Friday 25th and Saturday 26 April, at sunset, "Aperivinum" in the portico of the ancient thermal water basin again with the producers of Orcia that will serve and explain their bottles.
Here is the program of the event
Friday, April 25
12:00 a.m. Opening of the exhibition of Orcia wines and tasting of local products
12:00 a.m. Opening of the "Photographic Cittanova Extempore– a Travelling Food Exhibition", organized by the Cittanova Italian Community – Novograd
4:00 p.m. Inauguration of the V edition of the Orcia Wine Festival
4:30 p.m. Wine tastings in the dark – multisensory wine tastings in the dark of Orcia wines, in collaboration with the Italian Blind Union Siena, Onav Siena and the Orcia Wine Consortium
6:30 p.m. APERIVINUM with the Orcia Wine Consortium, Onav Siena and Onav the Orcia Wine Route – Bagno Vignoni
7:00 p.m. Closing of the Orcia wines market–exhibition and tasting of local products
Saturday, April 26
10:30 a.m. Wineries with view – wine tour with visit in two wineries, in collaboration with the Orcia Wine Consortium
11:30 a.m. Waiting for the Mille Miglia vintage car gathering – Piazza Chigi
12:00 a.m. Opening the exhibition of Orcia wines and tasting of local products
4:30 p.m. Wine tasting in the dark – multisensory tastings in the dark of Orcia wines, in collaboration with the Italian Blind Union Siena, Onav Siena and the Orcia Wine Consoritum
5:00 p.m. Sing, cellar, singing! – A literary and singing walk of poems, songs, folk songs dedicated to wine – Old Town
6:00 p.m. Inside the wine. Understanding the aging of wood. Comparative tasting by ONAV Siena
6:30 p.m. APERIVINUM with the Orcia Wine Consortium, Onav Siena and the Orcia Wine Route – Bagno Vignoni
7:00 p.m. Closing of the Orcia wines market–exhibition and tasting of local products
8:30 p.m. Dinner at the Palace
Sunday, April 27
10:30 a.m. Wineries with view – wine tour with visit in two wineries, in collaboration with the Orcia Wine Consortium
11:30 a.m. Greeting of the Districts of the Feast of Barbarossa – Piazza Chigi
12:00 s.m. Opening of the exhibition of Orcia wines and tasting of local products
3:30 p.m. Pills of wine – mini course of tasting by ONAV Siena
6:00 p.m. Awarding of Showcase of Orcia Competition, in collaboration with the Orcia Wine Consortium
7:00 p.m. Closing of the Orcia wine exhibition and tasting of typical products.
San Quirico d’Orcia Info:
? Initiatives, unless indicated otherwise, are held at Palazzo Chigi Zondadari.
? The entrance to the Market–Exhibition has a cost: Adults: € 5.00 (free for minors). The entry fee includes: visit to the stands of exhibitors of the Val d’Orcia and IGT Toscana Wines (Chigi Zondadari Palace), glass for tasting, glass shoulder bag. The share entry is valid for all three days.
? APERIVINUM – for a fee: Adults: € 5.00. It includes: glass for tasting, glass shoulder bag, wine tasting at the Vasca di Santa Caterina. Payment gives you the right, within two days, to visit the stands of exhibitors of the Val d’Orcia and IGT Toscana wines at the Chigi Palace.
? Inside wine. Understanding aging in wood: at the cost of € 5.00. The fee includes: comparative tasting of wines by Onav, visit to the stands of exhibitors of Val d’Orcia and IGT Toscana wines, tasting glass, glass shoulder bag.
? Pills of wine – mini course of tasting by ONAV: at the cost of € 5.00. The fee includes: comparative tasting of wines by Onav, visit to the stands of the exhibitors of Val d’Orcia and IGT Toscana wines, glass for tasting, glass shoulder bag.
? Wineries with view – wine tour with visit to two wineries, during about three hours. Transfer by bus – from the Carbonaie parking. It includes Orcia wine tasting. For a fee – € 10.00 adults (children free). The fee includes: transfer by bus, visit to wineries, tasting at the wineries, visit in the Chigi palace to the stands of exhibitors of the Val d’Orcia and IGT Toscana wines, glass for tasting, glass shoulder bag.
? Dinner at the Chigi Zondadari Palace – upon booking. Cost € 25.00. Special children’s menu € 12.00.
? The "Photographic Cittanova Extempore– a Travelling Food Exhibition", will be open until April 27, 2014 – open all day 12:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., free admission.
Reservations required (limited and subject to availability places) for appointments:
? Inside wine. Understanding aging in wood
? Wine tasting in the dark – multisensory tasting in the dark, guided tasting of Orcia wines.
? Wineries with view – wine tour with visit to two wineries
? Pills of wine – mini course of tasting by ONAV
? Dinner at the Chigi Zondadari palace
Information and reservations:
? San Quirico d’Orcia Tourist Office – tel. 0577.899728 – fax 0577.899721 Email: ufficioturistico@comune.sanquiricodorcia.si.it
? Public Library – e–mail: biblioteca@comune.sanquiricodorcia.si.it
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